CLASSICAL THEORY OF ELECTRON SLOWING DOWN-COMPARISON WITH EXPERIMENT,

Abstract

Classical differential cross sections for scattering of a free electron by a bound electron are used to calculate the electron slowing down spectrum for cases in which experimental results are available for comparison. The calculations are found to be in good agreement with measurements in aluminum, copper and gold from 300 eV to 20 keV when a single, average, empirically determined binding energy is used. The agreement is not as good when the electronic structure of these metals is included in a more realistic way. Two different approximations to the classical cross section are used, and the one which presumably accounts more completely for the electron binding gives the poorer results. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0709258

Entities

People

  • Charles H. Sherman
  • Nan E. Gordon

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Aluminum
  • Charged Particles
  • Differential Cross Sections
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Fermions
  • Free Electrons
  • Leptons
  • Measurement
  • Metals
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Subatomic Particles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics